New Diablo 3 screens impress

Tuesday 31 March 2009 02.47 EDT
First published on Tuesday 31 March 2009 02.47 EDT

If there's one game I'm looking forward to more than any other than it's probably Diablo 3. Ok, maybe Alan Wake, Heavy Rain and PES 2010 (for "last chance to get online right" reasons mainly) too but Diablo 3 is right up there. The only potential downer for me is mouse-related RSI caused by incessant clicking on all that lovely loot and monsters. Luckily these latest shots suggest Diablo 3 looks worth the pain.

They are the first to show the user interface and it looks – as you may expect seeing as Blizzard develop both – that World of Warcraft players will feel right at home. The talent tree and inventory slots, for example, look very familiar. But that's probably intentional. By word of mouth alone Diablo 3 is likely to attract WoW players, many who may have never played Diablo 2. Interestingly Diablo 2, released in 2000 remember, is still getting patched. The latest was announced recently with the community asked to suggest updates. Anyway, back to Diablo 3 – are you looking forward to it? Or simply not fussed by another heavily hyped Blizzard game?